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No more crumpled paper maps in your running vest – we’ve gone digital. Introducing the Run the Alps app for self-guided tours!

Run the Alps has just launched a Strava Club. We’ll see you on the trails for our first Challenge – kudos and goodies are waiting!

What started as a simple slogan has now become a broader movement to elevate women’s visibility in trail running.

On this short tour, we take you around the heart of Chamonix, visiting some of the town’s many trail running landmarks. 

Here are some apps we find most useful in the Alps!

Instead of asking, “What’s next?”, what would it look like if we slowed down a bit and really took the time to anticipate, live, and savor our experiences?

Depending on what you’re looking for in a multi-day trail running adventure, you just might find these routes preferable to the Tour du Mont-Blanc (TMB).

Embark on your Alpine running adventure fully prepared with these essential tips from Vert.run.

Didn’t get drawn for the UTMB Mont-Blanc lottery or looking for a different kind of trail race ambiance in the Alps? Here are 10 alternatives to fill that gap in your summer Euro racing plans. 

We’ve compiled many of the questions we’ve received about UTMB® Week into this handy page, in hopes you might find it useful.

This past season, Run the Alps and Alpine Run Project, launched an internship program that included shadowing a guide on a Run the Alps tour.

Two of Brian Metzler’s favorite things: running mountain trails and riding trains. Here’s how to have a rail to trail adventure in Chamonix.

Max King, guest runner on the Monte Rosa Circuit 2025, shares what it’s like to make this tour with Run the Alps.

Join Matt Hart on a run with Hillary Gerardi to find out how an American-born athlete became the French National Mountain Running Champion.

Want to be part of the 2026 Run the Alps Film Festival? Submit your completed trail running films with a strong Alps focus.

Often known to just us locals, there’s a lively and fun racing scene in Chamonix, the news of which often doesn’t extend beyond the high ridges that define the valley. 

Taking things one chunk at a time in smaller, seasonal blocks, simplifies the process and helps the body to adapt to training stimulus. 

Was Chuck Smead the first trail runner from the US to run in the Alps? Certainly not. But in terms of significance, his impact on racing is clear.

An interview with Doug Mayer on the new graphic novel about Tor des Géants and the bigger topics the book explores.